Multimedia Product Manager

Educating 100 million people worldwide, Pearson Education is the global leader in integrated education publishing. With such renowned brands as Prentice Hall, Scott Foresman, Addison Wesley, Allyn & Bacon, NCS Pearson, and many others, Pearson Education provides quality content, assessment tools, and educational services in all available media to a worldwide marketplace, spanning the learning curve from birth through college and beyond. Internationally we operate in 55 countries and 27 languages and have more global publishing than any other competitor.Pearson Education is an Equal Opportunity Employer EOE/M/F/V/D. The Product Manager will be a member of the product development team responsible for planning, designing, and managing the development and testing of MyEconLab and MyFinanceLab. The Product Manager will work closely with other team members and stakeholders throughout development, from collecting customer input and gathering requirements through user interface design and specification writing to quality assurance testing. Specific responsibilities include tracking and prioritizing software feature requests; defining the business case for specific requirements and writing functional and design specifications; collaborating with staff or freelance designers and team members to develop a cohesive interface for new features; helping organize and conducting usability testing; and drafting use cases and test plans for QA testing. The Product Manager will also participate in periodic user development conferences and summits with the software engineering team; present demonstrations to internal stakeholders (editorial, sales, and marketing staffs) as well as to customers (educators and students); review online help and other documentations; and train support staff as needed. Finally. the Product Manager should also understand and stay abreast of technology trends, requirements and regulations in the higher education market. Qualifications: -BA/BS required-Master's degree in Educational Technology or Instructional Design a plus-Minimum of 5 years experience in software product and project management-In-depth familiarity with software design, development, and release is required-Excellent communication and organizational skills-Experience in educational publishing a plusPlease visit our website at www.pearsoned.com/careers to apply for consideration.